The addition of Jake Arrieta means the Phillies are pushing ahead their timeline to compete, but it also places pressure on the youth peppered across the roster to perform. It's a pressure that didn't exist in November when it seemed the organization was willing to wait until 2019 to compete for a postseason berth. Adding top-tier free agents though, especially a pair as reliable as Carlos Santana and Jake Arrieta, alters expectations. What once was thought to be the final year of a rebuild is now the first year of a possible postseason run. That said, the pressures surrounding a player like...

I don’t know if you heard, but JAKE FRICKIN’ ARRIETA signed with the Phillies this week. Yowza. This is the biggest free agent signing since...well, Carlos Santana. But before THAT? We at TGP HQ are very excited about the move, and hope you are too. It’s a pretty clear statement of contention, and we’re glad a newly competitive era of Phillies baseball has finally dawned upon us. We know you deserve it for sticking with this team, now let’s reap the rewards together. Don’t forget! You can email us at TheGoodPhightTV at gmail dot com if the whole Twitter thing isn’t for...

Carlos Santana is a man of few words.He prefers to let his fingers do the talking, and while that might sound like a corny way to describe the legendary guitarist he’s actually quite voluble when wringing notes out of his six-string.

Matt Klentak reads the tweets! Hoooooooly smokes, they did it. After months of back-and-forth will-they-won’t-they, their words and actions resting on opposite sides of an imbalanced scale in the nearly 12 weeks since signing Carlos Santana, Pat Neshek, and Tommy Hunter, the Phillies finally struck, landing the top remaining starting pitcher on the free agent market. Jake Arrieta, 2015 Cy Young Award winner, is a member of the Philadelphia Phillies. Phillies have agreement in principle with Jake Arrieta. Deal pending physical. It will be multi year deal.— Jim Salisbury...